Ways of preventing slugs

• Remove any fallen, decaying leaves as slugs love to eat this.
• Always rake soil surface between plants, especially during the winter as this will damage slugs and their eggs with the cold weather and frost. Compare and buy rakes from Garden Product Heaven...
• Beetles, frogs, hedgehogs, and some types of bird all eat slugs. If you can encourage any of these slug predators into your garden you have a decent chance of discouraging the slimy ones entering.
• Sharp, small pieces of grit  (about 5mm) or broken eggshells will disable slugs from moving across them, so sprinkle this around the base of your plant. Compare and buy grit from Garden Product Heaven...
• Put vermiculite in a ring around the bottom of the plant – vermiculite is usually a plant growth aid mixed with compost, but has proven very effective in preventing slugs getting to plants. Compare and buy vermiculite on Garden Product Heaven...
• Picking slugs by hand can also be done at night if you venture outside with a torch – its best to leave some rotting lettuce out to draw them in. Compare and buy slug pickers from Garden Product Heaven...
• Trapping slugs with a small amount of beer left in a jar on its side or sunk into the ground – the slug will then be drawn in and drown in the liquid.
• Wrap aluminium foil around the bottom of young plants or seedlings as this can deter the slug
• Place a copper ring round the bottom of your plants – these emit a small electrical current which will stop the slug climbing your produce. Compare and buy copper slug rings on Garden Product Heaven...
• Saturate the soil with nematodes which are tiny live worms, which occur naturally in the soil. These worms burrow into the slugs body, meaning that bacteria can get in, so the slug will die. This is a natural preventative of slugs that has proved extremely effective. Compare and buy nematodes from Garden Product Heaven...